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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Kensington 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS,
For the year 1912.
Population (Estimated) 172,000.
Area of Borough in Acres 2,291
Density of Population per Acre 75
Houses Inhabited 28,028
Persons per House 6.1
Number of Marriages 1,637
Number of Births 3,318
Birth Rate 19.3
Number of Deaths 2,287
Crude Death Rate 13.3
Corrected Death Rate 14.3
Infantile Mortality:—
Deaths under 1 year 305
Infantile Deaths per 1,000 Births 92
Deaths from Phthisis 1 79
Phthisis Death Rate 1.04
Deaths from the Zymotic Diseases 136
Zymotic Death Rate 0.79